The government has transferred services of Additional Secretary Revenue Division Khawar Khurshid Butt (Grade-21) back to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). In this regard, Establishment Division has issued a notification here on Thursday. Through the notification, FBR Member Direct Policy Asrar Rauf has been appointed as Additional Secretary Revenue Division.
Sources told Business Recorder here on Thursday that Khawar Khurshid Butt has been brought back to the FBR for his appointment as Member FBR. He is the most senior official of Grade-21 in the FBR. Besides, he worked on key positions in the FBR as well as field formations in the past.
Butt remained as Official Spokesman of the FBR and Member Taxpayer Facilitation and Education (FATE) during 2008-2009. He also worked as Director General Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU), Islamabad. Bringing rich experience of tax administration, Butt has vast experience of reforms in the tax administration. Khawar Khurshid Butt is known to be a strict disciplinarian and likely to bring improvement in the FBR.